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AOL Is Blocking Access
In Russia Due to Fraud

DULLES, Va. -- America Online Inc. said it shut down access to its on-line service from 40 cities in the former Soviet Union because of rampant fraudulent access to the system.

AOL said users, largely in Russia, were employing stolen credit-card numbers to gain access to its service, among other things. The company said it is also investigating whether bogus credit-card numbers were used to set up accounts and whether accounts were...